SALINAS 2 E, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(047668) SALINAS 2 E
From Year=1958 To Year=2005
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 359 380 454 486 579 634 702 738 721 669 480 364 6567
40 S 359 739 1193 1680 2259 2893 3595 4333 5054 5723 6203 6567 6567
45 M 211 241 299 336 424 484 547 583 571 514 330 215 4757
45 S 211 452 751 1087 1512 1996 2543 3126 3697 4211 4542 4757 4757
50 M 93 116 155 190 269 334 392 428 421 359 188 94 3040
50 S 93 209 364 554 824 1158 1550 1978 2399 2758 2946 3040 3040
55 M 26 36 53 73 122 185 237 273 271 208 77 24 1585
55 S 26 62 115 189 310 495 732 1005 1276 1484 1561 1585 1585
60 M 3 7 10 19 32 57 88 120 126 85 19 2 570
60 S 3 10 20 39 71 128 216 337 463 548 567 570 570
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 198 206 244 261 301 341 393 429 421 389 273 203 3658
50 S 198 404 647 909 1209 1550 1943 2372 2793 3182 3455 3658 3658
M = Monthly Data
S - Running sum of monthly data.
Growing Degree Day units are computed as the difference between the daily average temperature and the base temperature. (Daily Ave. Temp. - Base Temp.) One unit is accumulated for each degree Fahrenheit the average temperature is above the base temperature. Negative numbers are discarded. Example: If the days high temperature was 95 and the low temperature was 51, the base 60 heating degree day units is ((95 + 51) / 2) - 60 = 13. This is done for each day of the month and summed.
Corn Growing Degree Day units have the limitations that the maximum daily temperatures greater than 86 F are set to 86 F and minimums less than 50 F are set to 50 F.
Table updated on Apr 5, 2006
Months with 5 or more missing days are not considered
Years with 1 or more missing months are not considered

Western Regional Climate Center, wrcc@dri.edu